recopying

Duplicating by hand

Recopying is copying something again, typically to produce a cleaner or more accurate version.

Students recopy messy notes, scribes recopied manuscripts to preserve them, and writers recopy drafts to incorporate revisions: She spent the evening recopying her lecture notes into a fresh notebook.

duplication

duplicate

Exact replica of original

photocopy · tracing · transfer · stencil · mimeograph · xerox · reproduction · ditto · template · overlay

transcription

transcribe

Convert to written form

calligraphy · penmanship · amanuensis · scriptorium · parchment · vellum · quill · inkwell · folio · document

revision

redraft

Compose again differently

  • rewriteRevise text substantially
  • redoPerform once more
  • editModify written material

correct · amend · revise · update · rework · markup · proofread · iteration

digital

backup

Stored duplicate for recovery

  • filesStored data collections
  • dataFacts for analysis
  • cloneGenetically identical organism

archive · storage · synchronization · versioning · transfer · migration · paste · import · export · overwrite

Opposites
originality of creation

recopyingcomposing

Creating musical works

originating · creating · drafting · inventing · authoring

preservation vs. destruction

recopyingerasing

Removing recorded marks

deleting · destroying · discarding · shredding · obliterating

Family

copy, copying, copied, copier, copies, copyist, copiers, recopy, copiable

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G